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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-12-23
IThe Lean Year Question.

Shindig Watkins did not desire to consume
the valuable time of the meeting, but was
aching to ask aquestion. Was this leap year
orlwas it not. The query had troubled him
for two weeks and he would now like to have
it answered.
fBrudder Watkins" replied the president,
after waiting to get his breath, ''you is heah-
by fined 5000 fur unnecessarily takin' up de
time of dc meetin' Iwould furder GIN you
to understan' dat dis is leap yeah. It's
do yeah when want to SEQ you leap outen
saloons an into hard work. / has had my
eye on you fur some time past, and if you
doan' leap outer some O. your poo ways you Il
feel swimmin' Of de head befo' many days"
Detroit Free Press
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-12-23
How Alligators Eat.

1t is a southern writer who compares an
alligator's throat to an animated sewer.
Everything, says this correspondent, which
lodges in the open mouth goes down. Ho is
q lazy dog, and instead Of hunting for some
thing to eat he let's his victuals hunt for him.
That is, he lies with his great mouth open,
apparently dead, like tho 'possum. Soon a
beetle crawls into it, then fly, then several
gnats and q colony of mosquitoes. The ALI
gator doesn't close his mouth yet. He is
waiting for whole drove of things. He
does his eating by wholesale. A little later a
lizard will cool himself under the shade of
tho upper jaw. Then few frogs will hop
up to catch the mosquitoes. Then more mus
quitoes and gnats will alight on the frogs.
Finally whole village of insects and reptiles
settle down for an afternoon picnic Then
all at once there is am earthquake. The big
jaw falls; the alligator blinks one eye, gulps
down the entire menagerie, and opens his
great front door again for more visitors.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-12-23

by presenting no other In his message.
think 1t well to have the question settled
The Democratic party in power is a standing
menace to the Industrial prosperity Of the
country. That menace should be removed IL
the policy 1t foreshadows should be made
certain. Nothing is - mischievous to
business as uncertainty, nothing 30 paralyz-
ing as doubt.n g.. w. s.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-12-23
Notice.

The Third annual meeting of the
Stockholders of the Second National
Bank of Owosso, for the election o,
directors, will be held at its banking
Office in the city of Owosso on Tues
day, January 10th, 1888, at 2 o'clock,
p. m.
Dated Dec. 9, 1887.
f. M. MILLER,
Cashier.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-12-23

What is hot soda? Why it's the
most popular winter drink in exis-
tence. Sold only at Grahame &
Connor's.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-12-23

For sale, at a bargain if taken at
once: The store and lot, two doors
east of the Exchange Hotel, Owosso.
Address Box II, Bancroft, or enquire
at TINES Office. 3mo.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-12-23

North POLE, Dee. -, 1887.
DEAR PEOPLE, SHIAwAssEE County:

| have entered into partnership for the
holidays with E. M. Johnson, proprietor of the
Vienna Bakery, and have supplied him with an
enormous stock of Candies, Fruits and Nuts of
all kinds, which will be sold very cheap. Just
think of pound of Chocolate Drops for 2Oc.;
Fresh Creams only zoe. per pound, and ton of
my Famous Mixed Candy going fast at Zoe. per
pound. Oranges 15c per dozen. Cream Candies
put up in Christmas boxes. AS want funds to
fore purchasing to look over the goods at our
HEADQUARTERS, WASHINGTON STREET, Owosso,
and oblige
Your LOVING OLD SANTA CLAUS
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-12-23
"a Bargain for the Boys"

One hundred pairs Barney Berry
keyless clamp ice skates on sale at
Andrus' Hardware, only s. per pair.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-12-23

FOR SALE-A house and lot on
Elizabeth street, opposite the Byerly
residence. Will be sold cheap, il
taken at once. Enquire Of o. S.
Smith.
II you like taffy candy and want
the best you can get it at Grahame &
Conner.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-12-23
THE SOUTH NEEDS PROJECTION.


will follow the president and blight the prog
ress already made BY the time some of the
southern states get free iron ore and coal,
while tobacco is taxed, they may have occa-
sion to sit down and calculate the value of
Democratic FREQ trade to their local inter
cstsr
THE FALLAcY OF ADMITTING RAW MATERIAL.
"will not the preaidcnt's Recommendation
to admit raw material find strong supportr'
''Not by wise protectionists in our time.
Perhaps somc greedy manufacturers may
think that with free coal or FREQ iron orc
they can do great things, but il they should
succeed In trying will. as the boys say, catch
it on the rebound. II tine homo trade in raw
material Is destroyed or serio isly injured
railroad; viii be The first to feel it.
II that vast interest is rippled in
any ldirectoa the financial fabric
of the whole country will feel
it quickly and seriously. Ii any man can
give reason why wo should arrange the
tariff to favor the raw material of other
countries i'm competition against our ma
terial of the same kind, should like to hear
IL. Should that recommendation of the presi-
dent be approved it would turn 100000
American laborers out of employment before
it had been year in operation
FULL AND FAIR CONTEST ON THE ISSUE.
"What must be the marked and general
effect of the presidents messagc!'
ut will bring the country where IL ought
10 he brought--to a full and fair contest
on the question of protection. Tho presi-
dent himself makes 1t the ono issue
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06
A. Bad Case Of Red Tape.

Charles Butler, son of Canon But
Ter, of Winchester, had volunteered
with friend, to help as an excavation
OF the lead and living, and to carry
food TO the starving people of the
ruined villages of L'guria, says the
Pail Mall Gazette. He writes of his
difficulties with the "local BUNDLES
and bigwigs." ST gave my letter from
the project of Turin to the sub-prefect of
Savona, who made q number OF polite
speeches, and talked much of his own
affection, but did nothing to put me
in the way o. helping to distribute
provisions and blankets, or to exca-
vate, etc. The idea seemed 10 be be-
yond his comprehension. So We went
independently to Diano Martina, and
there again heard great deal of
speeehmaking and saw much bowling
TO the Minister of Public Works, who
had come from Rome. But no food
and no blankets had arrived. Find
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06

ing it hopeless, went to Mention to
buy bread; there we found still a
greater panic and no bread, and after
spending cold night in the railway
station we came back to Savona.
Yesterday with difficulty [ procured
sixty kilogrammes of bread, also sau-
sages and marsala, and we brought
these ourselves to the villages wbe g
the people are starving" Mr.. Butler
has since visited Bussano, Taggia, Ba-
jardo, ETC., as he says, con his own
hook bringing what relief he could.
Decently dressed people ask if you can
not give them q bit of bread. Those
near the railway watch every train
that comes along with hungry, eager
QvQS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06
THE oUTGRoWTH OF VAST EXPERIENCE

In pregnancy, " Favorite Prescription
Is "mother's cordial" relieving nausea,
weakness of stomach and other distressing
symptoms common to that condition. II
its use is kept up in the latter months OF
CESSATION, it so prepares the system for de-
livery as to greatly lessen. and many times
almost entirely do away with the sufferings
of that trying ordeal.
ssFavOrife PrescriptiOn,'s when taken
in connection with the use Of DIR. Pierces
Golden Medical Discovery, and small laxa-
tive doses of DR.. Pierce's Purgative Pellets
little Liver Pills., cures Liver, Kidney ana
Bladder diseases. Their combined U % also
removes blood taints, and abolishes can
cerous and scrofulous hnmors from the
system.
@Favorite Prescription'' is the only
medicine for women sold, by druggists,
under a positive guarantee, from the
that it will give satisfac-
ton in every case, or money win be re-
funded. This guarantee has been printed
on the bottle-wrapper, and faithfully car
ried out for many years. Large bottles
goo doses $1.OO, or six bottles for
$500.
az Send ten cents in stamps for Dr.
Pierce's large, illustrated Treatise Q6O
pages) on Diseases OF Women.
663 Main Street, BUFFALO, N. Y.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06
8 PHYSICIANS
FAILED.

The treatment of many thousands of cases
of those chronic weaknesses and distressing
ailments peculiar to females, at the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y,
has afforded q vast experience in nicely
adapting and thoroughly testing remedies
for the cure of woman's peculiar maladies.
DIR. Piercess FavOrite Prescription
is the outgrowth. or result, Of this great
and valuable experience. Thousands of
testimonials. received from patients and
from physicians who have tested it in the
more aggravated and obstinate cases which
had baff1ed their skill prove it to be the
most wonderful remedy ever devised for
the relief and cure Of suffering women. It
is not recommended as cure-all," but
as a, most perfect Specific for woman's
peculiar ailments.
AS a powerful, invigoreting tonic,
it imparts strength to the whole system,
and TO the uterus, or womb and its ap-
pendages, in particular. For oyerworked,
''worn-out," IS rundown debilitated teach
ers, milhners, dressmakers, seamstresses,
" shop-girls," housekeepers, nursing moth
ers, and feeble women generally, DR..
Pierces Favorite Prescription is the great
est earthly boon, being unequalled as an
appetizing cordial and restorative tonic. 1t
promotes digestion and assimilation Of food,
Address, WORLD'S DTSPI
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06
JEALOUS
| DOCTORS.

cures nausea, weakness of stomach, indi-
gestion, bloating and eructatiOns of gas.
AS a soothing and strengthening
nervine," Favorite Prescription" is un-
equalled and is invaluable in alaying and
subduing nervous excitability, irritability,
exhaustion, ,prostration. hysteria, spasms
and other distressing, nervous symptoms
commonly attendant upon functional and
organic disease of the womb. 1t induces
refreshing sleep and relieves mental anx-
iety and dependency.
Br. Pierce,s FaVorite PrescriptiO
is a legitimate medicine. carefully
compounded by an experienced and skillful
physician, and adapted to woman's delicate
Organization. It is purely vegetable in its
composition and perfectly harmless In its
"FavOrits Prescription" is q posi-:
tive cure for the most complicated and
obstinate cases of leucorrhea, or whites,
excessive flowing at monthly periods. pain
full menstruation. unnatural suppressions,
prolapsus or falling of the womb, weak
back, female weakness" anteversion, re-
troversion, bearing-down sensations, chron-
ic congestion. inflammation and liberation
of the womb, Inflammation, pain and ten
derness in ovaries, accompanied with = in
ternal heat"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06

PRINCE EDWARD Of SAKE Weimar
writes that on hunting party given
in his honor by the Rajah of Before
there were bagged nine tigers, three
bears, six rhinoceroses, fourteen but
faloes, twenty-five stays and FIVE wild
hogs. Now let us have fish story
from Prince Edward to match.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06

FoR q pretty scarf got yard Of the
qnsirtly figured Japanese silk. Upon
the ends put border of plain surah
satin of some light color, s.s shell pink
or Nile green. That must be deter
mined by the body of the scarf.
Either paint q pretty design upon
these ends, or put on row OF t. nsel
work OF some handsome pattern.
Finish with handsome balls or tassels.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06
Money Makers

Don't let golden opportunities pass unim-
proved: there are times in the lives OF men
when more money can be made rapidly and
easily, than otherwise can be earned by
years OF labor Write Hallett 81 Co., Port
land, Maine, who will send you, free, full
particulars about work that you can do,
and live at home wherever you are located,
at q profit OF at least from $5 to $25
daily. Some have made over $50 in sim
gle day. All is new. You are started free.
Capital not required. Either sex; all ages
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06

MENshAS's Peptonized Beef Tonic, the
only preparation OF beef containing it's en-
tire nutritious :7roUe iss. 1t contains
Elood making, force-generating and life sus-
tanning properties; Invaluable for indiges.
ton, dyspepsia, nervous prostration and
all forms OF general debility; also, in all en-
feebled conditions, whether the work Of OK
haustion, nervous prostration, over.work
or acute disease, particularly resulting
from pulmonary complaints. Caswell,
Hazard & Co., proprietors, New York.
Sold by druggists.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06

New silks made in Tussah, India,
have the cream ground of pongee,
but are of a lighter, wiry, cool fiber,
pleasant to the touch, and prettlly
decorated with green, brown, or por-
celain blue Grecian broche squares,
or with cubes or diamonds. They
are also imported in stripes or plaids
of soft India colors on ecru grounds.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06

BY sYNS KAY MARTIN.

tbs hard e. IN on flowers to sleep
Hthroush the tinted perfumed leaves
Oar nesh tie thorns doth feel.
The tempting rose high up the steep,
Though cft obtained, In worth decelves,
Een those passed by their sweets reveal.
So La there love-to win and keep,
Doth 30 much cost in pain 1t sheathes,
That only death the wound can heal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06

WHILE has continually increased in
popularity since beautiful wooden
materials have rendered it applica-
BILE for various occasions, and this
preference is now extended to hats.
Dark felt hats display a white trim
ming made of either cloth or plush
pulled or laid in folds. in which a kit
tens head or cuff of feathers is pref
tily arranged. White felt hats have
q most charming effect, and are gen.
orally trimmed with black velvet.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06

In bonnets the narrow cottage,
princesse and coronet shapes are the
three leading models in Tuscan, Milan,
fancy and Neapolitan straws or satin
braids in various stylish colors.
The fancy straws show all sorts of
novel designs. In many of the hat
and bonnet shapes they are arranged
In what is known as "row and row"
braids, these showing various chic
effects in color and de sign.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06
Iron Mining s tocks .

Large returns have been made and are
now being made from investments in Goge-
bic iron mining stocks. Parties desiring to
buy or sell should address Edward Cramer,
363 Broadway, Chamber OF Commerce
building, Milwaukee, Wis.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06

ONE OF our lady correspondents
who has just begun housekeeping,
wishes as to inform her whether or not
minced ham comes from ground hog.
New Haven News.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06

ErHEL-"Were you favorably inn
pressed with the play at the theater
last night ?" Clara-''No, but I was
heartily squeezed after it was over"
Carl PrefzePs Weekly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06

A BOTTLE of Bed Star Cough Cure
made q thorough and permanent cure
of q cCld so severe that I could not
talk, says Mr.. j. P. Roach, assistant
superintendent New York Central
Sleeping Car Company.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06

These, ii existent In o natural quantity and
aavitiatea by bile, play their part in she func-
items Of digestion and assimilation. But the
artificial acid resulting from the inability of the
stomach 10 convert food received by 10 int
sustenance. in the producer OF fatulence and
heartburn, which are the most harassing
symptoms OF dyspepsia. The best carminative
Is Hsstetter's Stomach Bitters. Far more effec-
tive is it than carbonate OF soda. magnesia or
ether alkaline salts. These invariably weaken
SAe stomach without producing permanent ben
eft No man woman chronics1ly dyspete,
and consequently nervous, can be in possession
Of the fun measure Of vigor allowed by nature.
Therefore. invigorats and regulate the system.
and by 30 doing protect it from malaria, rheu-
natisrn, and other serious maladiss.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06

The Delaware peach-gr wers have
announced q meeting for May, at
which it viii be decided whether or
not the peach crop is q failure.-W Wash
iBgtOn Critic.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06
It Should Be Generally Known

that the multitude OF diseases of scrofu-
lous nature generally proceed from tor.
pid condition OF the liver. The blood be-
comes impure because the liver does not act
properly and work of the poison from the
system, and the certain results are blotches,
pimples, eruptiors, swellings, tumors, ul
GERS, and kindred sffections, or settling
upon the lungs and poisoning their delicate
tissues, until liberation, breaking down,
and consumption is established. Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery" will,
by acting upon the liver and purifying the
blood, cure all these diseases.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06

A sLseKT cold, il neglected, often attacks
the lungs. BRowN's BRONCHIAL TBocHEs
give sure and Immediate relief. Sod only
In boxes. Price rs cents.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06

HoE. NJ. A. FoRAN, of Ohio, member
of House of Representatives, writes
that st. Jacobs Oil relieved him of
aaute bodily pains.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06
Tennyson's "MaY Oueen.-

Who knows but il the beautiful girl who
died so young had been blessed with DR..
Pierce's "Favorite Prescription" she might
have reigned on many another bright May
day. The "Favorite Prescription" is a
certain cure for all those disorders to which
females are liable
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06

"RoUGH on Dirt fs unequaled for Dishwash-
ing, House and Paint Cleaning, Cleaning Win
dows Pals, Pans HALVES Forks, Jewelr,y Wash
Basins, Bath Tubs, Sinks, Water Closets, &c.
Cuts the dirt without injury or discoloration.
Keep 1t on the wash and toilet stands
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06

"RoUGH on Dirt for the toilet, bath or sham
POO Perfectly harmless. Nice for washing in
fanta, children or adults For Miners, Machin-
ists and others whose employment begrims the
clothing and hands. Invaluable In Hospitals,
Asylums and Prisons as q disinfectant and puri-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06
A Eelle's Bundle Becomes UDd0nc.
From the Philadelphia CAN.

A Eelle's Bundle Becomes UDdone.
From the Philadelphia CAN.
An amusing incident occurred on one
of the passenger cars the other even
ing. A fashionably attlred and hand
some young lady had just entered the
car aud was about paying her fare.
AS she did so a bundle she had on her
lap toppled over on the floor, and the
paper in which it was wrapped be-
came disarranged and disclosed @
half loaf of home made bread. The
conductor calamity gathered up the
escaped staff of life and rewrapped it
in the paper, returning it to the
young lady, whose face was suffused
with bushes. Everybody in the car
smiled, but of course all knew that
she had been visiting some friend who
insisted upon the young lady taking
a sample of her baking.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06

',RorGH on Pain" Plaster, Porosed Zoe. Best
Rough on Pain" Liquid. Quick cure, 20c.
Rough on Catarrh." Cures all, worst cases. 50C
Rough on Piles" Sure cure, Soc Druggists
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06
TREATING The WRONG DISEASE.

Many times call their family physicians, suffering
this way thew all present alike to fhemelVe and their
for which he precbe his pills and potons assuming them to
disorder The
patient better probably the delay
like Dr. Perces Favorte Prescription directed to the
- N~a Mrs. E. F. MORGAN, of No. II Lexington St.,
pHVNIGkEN Boston, Five
49, dreadful uterine troubles.
4 khiEn 1 Having exhausted the skill three ply
H~-H0. \ sicians. completely discouraged,
veal difficulty the
Favorite Prescription and
his Common Sense
Medical In three
months had trouble
wrote letter my family paper briefly mentioning how
health offering the full particulars
any writing for them and enclosing staped
received hundred letters
In epy have described and the treatment used
have received second letters of thanks stating that they
$0 required the Medical Adviser and had applied the
local treatment fully and plainly laid down therein and
o11oh ho++or odu
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06

ROUGH on Rats" clears out Rats, Mice. ISc
Rough on Corns" hard or soft corns 15c.
Rough on Toothache." Instant relief. 15c.
Rough on Coughs" Troches, lee. Liquid, 25c
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06

CoLoRED lace handkerchiefs will be
much used for trimming colored straw
bOnnets.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06

.HILo, Jones, got a cold ?" "Ya usee;
sat dext Boston mad in car yester-
day."-New York Journal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06

No OPIUM in Piso's Cure for Consump
ton. Cures where other remedies fail. 25e
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06
large photographs.

Don't hawk, and blow, and spit, bat use
DR.. Sage's Oatarrh Remedy.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06

FoR q pretty ornament make a tall
tripod of three sticks ofknotted wood,
about four feet long, and fastened to-
gether at about one foot from the top
OF each. Here g. Japanesefan is placed.
forming q background for one or two
large photographs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06

they imagine dyspepsia another from heart disease
ason prosaon another with pain here there and f
overbusy DOCTOR separate and distinct diseases
SUCH when reality they only caused by
bills The
ong consequent complications medicine
entirely removed the disease thereby dspeng all those
misery.
Irouc Marvellous Care.nrs e. F. sFEAe CUE
c female weakness. leucorrhea and falling OF the
IlneTnpe womb for had to keep bed
6 6 and sos1 rs wh a
of but received no lasting benefit At last my husband
because prejudced against the and the doctors said
they would do me no go9d nnay tod my nns6a4q t1a
against my physician He sx bottles of the
Favorte Prescription bottles Of the Discovery for
ten dollars took three bottles Discovery and four Of
Fayorite Prescription for four
then gave the balance of the medicine sister who
troubled the and cured herself IN short
time. have not had to take medicine for almost
years.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06

"RoUGH on Bile Pills" Little but COED, 10 b 25c
Rough on Itch" cures humors, crruptions, Tet
ter. Trough on Worms" Sure Cure. 25c.
Rough on Pain" Plaster. Poroscd loo. Best
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06

If is wise stock that knows it's own
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06
ELY's
CREAM BALM

i haze assed f1Ct
bottles ofE1y's Cream
Balm and consider
myself cured. Sat.
fered 20 gears from
cGtdrrh and catdrrh
al heGddche and thu
Is the first re1aedg
that afforded lasting
rellef.-D. r. Hg.
gsnson, 145 Lake st.
Chicago, III
Aparticle is applied IL
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-06

He does g. driving business the cab